County Denies Rezoning Along Tuskawilla Road

SANFORD — Seminole County commissioners unanimously denied a request Tuesday night to rezone five undeveloped acres on Tuskawilla Road north of Red Bug Lake Road from residential to commercial.

Representatives of the developer, Multi-Services in Altamonte Springs, which had applied for the rezoning, did not attend the night public hearing. About 10 Tuskawilla residents were present, but Commissioner Barbara Christensen told them she intended to move for denial of the request, so no one spoke on the issue.

Seminole County staff members and the planning and zoning commission had said they did not recommend the change.

Commissioners said they did not believe the commercial area at the intersection of Tuskawilla and Red Bug Lake roads should be extended any farther north. The 5-acre parcel is half a mile north of the intersection.

The land is near an eagle's nest. Planning and zoning commission members said the zoning would not affect the eagle as any development -- residential or commercial -- likely would cause the bird to move.